Hey guys i'm new to the board and i'm looking into getting a 1984 RX. I'm not sure which engine is in it but i was wondering what kind of fuel consumption they get, preferably in KM. Also how many KM do u get to a tank of gas. Anyways guys thanx for helping a newbie out.

 

poor.... haha

like 15-20 mpg, so like, I dunno, bad haha

I think I got around 180-200kms on a tank of gas? ($25)
I don't really remember...

 

I usually fill my 82 up with about 45-50 liters of gas. When it was stock, this would go about 350-400 kms, depending on what kind of driving was involved. With a normal driving-to-work routine, usually about 370. With my current modifications (Dellorto carb, RB exhaust, etc), I get about 275-320 kms on the same tank, although it is very variable on how much I use the gas pedal (ie. it might be better if I didn't floor it all the time). A pure highway trip will fare a little better than these figures, and foot to the floor or city driving will yield numbers on the low end of the scale.

In other words, this is not a very good car for gas mileage. One good thing though, is that only 87 octane is required - you don't need to fill up with anything but regular grade, no premium fuel like the turbos.

On the whole, it feels like it probably gets about a third the gas mileage of my Honda Civic DX winter car.

Honestly though, most of us don't care much about mileage, because people who care a lot about that don't typically drive cars like this lol. It's a sportscar, and the driving experience rewards like no other - if you keep that in mind you'll feel like the extra gas expense is absolutely worth it.

 

I get around 250km on a tank (~$40)

 

i get bout 250-275 miles per tank (sorrie for not in KM)
once i drove it from north carolina to New Jersey nad got almost 400 gallon on a tank

 

My '82 would make nearly 600kms to the 63 liter tank on the highway. Using my mad math skillz, that works out to 9.5 km/liter. In the city, the car would get ~380-400 kms, or ~6-6.35 km/liter.

I'm not even going to talk about my '79. I don't want to scare you off with those numbers.

Hope that helps you out.

 

My 85 GSL-SE gets 350-400km on a 50 litre fill.
But who drives them lightly anyway...

 

I got as little as 11L/100km mostly higway,

Hard street driving gets you about 14-18 L/100 km

and racing events such as auto X or lapping, I calculated about 20L/100 KM

I keep track of this because my fuel gauge is unreliable

 

400 MILES/Tank NO WAY!!!

wow!!!.. My SE has NEVER EVER seen 300, let alone 400. The most I ever squeezed outta her was 287 miles on a tank and I was driving in the yellow for a while. Typically right now I get from 220-240 miles per tank.
But happy to be driving a SPORTS car, it's just the feeling of being fast.. lol

R13B1

 

i get about 250-300 km from mine. 350 if i drive lightly which i most certainly dont

 

Is it still called mileage when your talking about km/liter?

 

fuel efficieny would be the correct term... mileage was from the good ol' days when there was no such thing as metric

I personally prefer the metric system, as I have no idea whether 12.3L/100km is better than 15km/L haha..

there doesn't really seem to be a definate system that works for all metric numbers in fuel economy, etc....

but I know when someone says 28 mpg, that's alright, and 40mpg is pretty sweet, and 65 mpg is like my friend's Nissan Micra, lol

Jeff